Automobile.



No. 704,296. Patented July 8, 902. J. D. CABBINGTUN, Decd.

l. S. WHITLA, Administrator.

AUTOMOBILE.

(Application filed Jan. 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON D. CARRINGTON, OF NEWCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA; JOHN S. IVHITLAADMINISTRATOR OF SAID OARRINGTON, DECEASED.

AUTOMOBILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,296, dated July 8,1902.

Application filed January 24, 1902. Serial No. 91,069. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACKSON D. CARRING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, residing at Newcastle, in the county of Lawrence andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inautomobiles, and relates more particularly to the running-gear.

The present invention has for its object the provision of novel meanswhereby the rear wheels may be independently thrown in and out of gear,thereby preventing the wheel from sliding or slipping when sharp curvesare turned.

The present invention has for its further object to construct arunning-gear that will effectually take up the irregularities formed inthe path of travel; furthermore, the placin g of the motive powerbeneath the rear axle and coupling or hounds, thus making it almostimpossible for the vehicle to be upset.

This invention further aims to provide a vehicle that will be extremelysimple in construction, strong, light, durable, and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the runninggear with myimprovements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view takenon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View of the interiorgear and pinion operating therein. Fig. 1 is a sectional view of thepinion, showing thesame slidably attached to the square end of the shaftand meshing with the interior gear.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 represents the rear hounds ofthe runninggear, carrying at itsforward end the swivel connection 2,carrying the adjustable screwthreaded rod 3, to which is secured' thenut4, said swivel connection 2 serving to connect the hounds'or framethat supports the motive power with the front hounds. To said hounds 1are secured the hangers 5, from which is suspended the platform 6 toreceive the motor. (Not shown in the drawings.) Braces 7 of the rearhounds are connected together at their forward ends and extendrearwardly in parallel alinement with one another and embrace the rearaxle 8 of the wheel 9. To the hub of the wheel 9 are fixed interiorgears 10, and meshing with said interior gears are pinions 11, slidablysecured upon the square ends 12 of the shaft 14, said shaft beingsecured in bearings 15, carried by the hounds 1. This shaft 14 extendsthrough bearings 16, formed upon the braces 7, the shaft 14: havingfixed thereon the sprocket-wheel 17, which is arranged between thebearings 16. The said sprocket-wheel carries an endless sprocketchain18, passing over the sprocket-wheell9, secured to the hangers 20,attached to the braces 7. The operating-levers 21 and 22 engage thepinions 11 and extend upwardly at the right-hand side of thevehicle-body in order that the same may be readily grasped by the righthand of the operator. The sprocketwheel 19 is operatively connected tothe motor suspended and carried by the platform 6.

It will be noted that the brake may be operated either by hand or foot,as desired.-

The operation of my improved running-gear is as follows: To run themachine, the driver should seat himself at right side of carriage, hisleft hand on the steering-lever. Turn on motive power. WVishing to turna corner, reduce speed to safety with the right hand, throwing innerpinion out of gear and making the curve with one driving-Wheel. When thelever is released, the pinion willtbe returned by the lever to its placeand stay there until pulled out again. Power from the motor beingtransmitted to the sprQcket-wheel19 will communicate movement to thesprocketwheel 17, rotating the shaft 14, carrying the pinions 11, whichmesh in the interior gears, thereby rotating the wheels upon thespindies of the axle 8.

As before stated, when it is desired to turn sharp curves the innerwheel, by means of the levers 21 and 22, is thrown out of gear, therebypreventing the inner wheel from slipping, as would otherwise be thecase.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will bereadily apparent from the foregoing. description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv 1. In a running-gear, the combination withthe rear axle and interiorgears mounted thereon, of a pair of houndssecured to the axle and havinginwardly-projecting forward ends, a pairof braces secured at their rear ends to the said axle, and having theirforward ends connected together and arranged between the forward ends ofthe said hounds, means for securing the forward end of the braces andthe hounds together, a swivel connection secured in the forward ends ofthe said braces, a driven shaft journaled in bearings secured to thesaid hounds and having square end portions, pinions slidably mounted onthe ends of the said shaft, means for independently operating saidpinions into and out of engagement with the said interior gears, andmeans carried by the said driven shaft to retate the said pinions,substantially as described.

2. In a running-gear, the combination with the rear axle, gears mountedthereon, of a pair of hounds secured to the axles and having theirforward ends projecting inwardly, and their rear ends extending to therear of the axle, brace-rods secured to the axle, and having theirforward ends secured between the said hounds, a driven shaft, pinionsslidably mounted on said driven shaft, means to operate said pinionsinto and out of engagement with said gears, hangers secured to the saidhounds to the front and rear of the axle, and a platform supported bythe said hangers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

J ACKSON D. OARRINGTON.

\Vitnesses:

R. R. POTTER, JOSEPH S. HOWARD.

